Ice-tool.



UNITED STATES"E Patented Decemberl 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ICE-TOOL.

sPEcIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Lea-.ers Patent No. 747,981, dated December 29, 1903.

Application led March 4,11903. Serial No. 146,133. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom it Wwf/y con/cern,.-

Be it known thatl I, HUGE J. KINGSLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rutland, in the county of Rutland, State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ice-Tools, of which the fol-k lowing vis a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an ice-tool, and particularly to a construction having a springf operated jaw or fork cooperating with the cut? ting-blade, as shown in my prior patent, No. 579,325,dated March 23, 1897. i

The invention has for an object to provide an improved construction of the spring-Opf erated jaw or fork, by which the same is pivoted at one side of the blade and adapted to oscillate toward and from the same in a downward path extending below the blade.

A further object of the invention is to improve the construction and arrangement of the sliding weight mounted upon the blade for the purpose of effecting a cutting action in the reciprocation thereof.

Other objects and advantages of the inven- ,tion will be hereinafter set forth, and the novel features thereof dened by the appended claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of the tool in position for cutting and shown by dotted lines in its position for shredding ice; Fig. 2, a similar view at a right angle to Fig. l with fork partly open, and Fig. 3 an elevation similar to Fig. 1 with the fork broken off and held out of'operative position.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several gures of the drawings.

The letter A designates a rod or standard provided at its lower end with a cutter-blade A' and at its upper end with a handle A2, having at opposite sides finger-holds A3, and upon this rod or standard a sliding weight B is mounted and is preferably composed of opposite parts suitably channeled to it the standard or rod and secured together by any desired means-for instance, bolts or rivets B'. Below the weight B an extension B2 is formed, which at its lower end contacts with a flange or shoulder A4, secured to the rod A, so that the Weight in its reciprocations applies the force of impact upon this shoulder, and thus produces the cutting action of the tool. This construction of weight, having an extension at its lower portion, protects the hand of the user against an injury by contact between the same and the shoulder on the rod or the handle.

At one side of the rod A a bracket-arm A5l extends and is provided with one or more recesses in its under face, as shown at 'Ai and A7, while the free end thereof is provided with an eye AS, through which the shank` C of the jaw C is adapted to extend. l This jaw may be of any desired constructionfor instance, as h'erein shown, Where the shank'C is formed as a loop passing upon opposite sides of the bracket-arm A5 and adapted to slide 'through the opposite eyesAs and oscillate therein. Beyond this loop portion the fork may be provided with a twisted body C2 and extended diverging forked ends C2, each provided at its extremity with a sharpened tooth or point C4 and intermediate of its ends with auxiliary teeth C5, they being connected by a bridge-piece C, which braces and maintains the ends of the fork in proper position.

For the purpose of operating this fork or jaw a sliding rod D extends downward through the handle A2 parallel to the rod A and also' through the weight B, said rod being provided at its lower end with a hook Dl for connection with the loop C of the jaw. The upper end of the rod is provided with a pushplate D2, adapted to receive the palm of the hand when the fingers engage the holds A3, while this plate'is normally supported in its raised position by means of a tension-spring D2, surrounding the upper end of the rod D and bearing against the under face of the plate D2 and the upper facel of the handle A2. For the purpose of retaining the jaw or fork in any desired position a latch-link E is mounted upon the loop portion C' and adapted at its lower end to engage either of the recesses AE or A7 in the bracket-arm A5 or when the fork is not to be held to swing clear of said- IOO an ice-shredder. To usefthe tool as a pick,

sary when a large piece of ice is to be cutY which cannot be grasped vby the fork. The

Yfork is released from this engagement with the socket by simply compressing the spring and holding the tool in a vertical position, when the link will swing free of the bracket- -arm and 'the tension of the spring draws the lower end of the'fork toward the blade, theV bearing or fulcrn m therefore being within the eyes carried by the bracket-arm. When in this position, as shown by full lines in Fig. 1, the fork may be engaged with the side of a cake of ice and is automatically held in contact therewith by the tension of the spring, so that when a piece of ice has been cut by the blade it is retained in the grasp of the tool and does not at any time touch the hands of the user.Y If the piece of ice be of a small size, so that the lower teeth pass beneath the same, the supplemental teeth are adapted to engage and retain the ice in contact with the blade.V The ice `may be released from the tool by a slight pressure upon the spring, which removes the jaw or fork from the blade. When it is desired to use the tool'as an iceshredder, the spring is compressed until the link carried by the fork is adapted to engage the outer recess of the bracket-arm, which holds the free points of the fork at a predetermined distance to one side of the blade, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1. Pressure is then applied to the handle of the tool and the same reciprocated across the surface of the ice, the fork ends acting as a gage to determine the depth of the cut to be elected by the blade. By varying the inclination of this blade a coarse of fire shredding may be effected, as desired. It will be understood that there will be no pressure upon the pushrod when the tool is used for shredding purposes. By the use of this tool practically the exact size of the piece of ice may be determined, so that there'is no waste of material, and the piece thus carried in the grasp of the tool to any desired place, so that the ice does not come in contact with the hands of the user.

It is obvious that changes may be made in the form of fork and blade here shown, as well as in the other details of construction and conguration, without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

Having described' my invention and set forth its merits, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a device of the class described, a standard having a handle at its upper end, a

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bracket extended from said standard, a jaw sldingly'mounted to oscillate on said bracket, a push-rod to operate said jaw, and means carried by said jaw to engage said bracket and retain the jaw in a substantially horizontal position.

2. In a device of the class described a standard having a handle at its upper end, a bracket extended from said standard, a jaw slidingly mounted to oscillate on said bracket,

a push-rod to operate said jaw, and a link carried by said jaw topengage a recess in said bracket.

3. In a device of the class described aY by said jaw to engage a recess in said bracket,

a cutting-tool carried by the lower end of said standard, and a sliding Weight mounted upon the standard to contact with a shoulder thereon.

4. In a device of the class described a standard having a handle at its upper end, a bracket extended from said standard, a jaw slidingly mounted to oscillate on said bracket, a push-rod to operate said jaw, a link carried by said jaw to engage a recess in said bracket, a cutting-tool carried by the lower end `of said standard, a sliding Weight mounted upon the standard to contact with a shoulder thereon, a plate upon the upper end of the push-rod above said handle, and a tension-spring extending between said plate and IOO IIO

6. In a device of the class described, a v

standard provided with a cutter at its lower end,'a handle at the upper portion of said standard, a bracket-arm extending from said standard and provided with a plurality of recesses at different distances from the standard, an oscillating jaw mounted at' the outer end of said arm, a link pivotally mounted upon said jaw to engage said recesses, a pushrod connected to said jaw at its lower end and extending parallel to said standard, a plate upon the upper end of said rod above the handle of the standard, and a tensionspring extending between said plate and handle.

- 7. In a device of the class described, a standard provided with a handle at its upper end, a bracket-arm extended from said standard and provided with recesses in its under face, anA eye at the free end of said bracket,- a jaw having a looped portion extending In testimony whereof I alX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH J. KINGSLEY.

through said eye and a lowerl toothed end depending below the end of the standard, supplemental teeth intermediate of the ends of the jaw, a link carried by the Jaw to engage the recesses in said arm, and an operatingrod supported upon the standard and connected to the looped portion of the Jaw.

Witnesses:

C. H. WEST, F. E. BELLEVILLE.

It is hereby certied that in Letters Patent No. 747 ,981, granted December 29, 1903, upon the application of Hugh J. Kingsley, of Rutland, Vermont, for an improvement in Ice-Tools, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 46, page 2, the words of fire should read or fine; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofce.

Signed and sealed this 12th day of January, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

In testimony whereof I alX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH J. KINGSLEY.

through said eye and a lowerl toothed end depending below the end of the standard, supplemental teeth intermediate of the ends of the jaw, a link carried by the Jaw to engage the recesses in said arm, and an operatingrod supported upon the standard and connected to the looped portion of the Jaw.

Witnesses:

C. H. WEST, F. E. BELLEVILLE.

It is hereby certied that in Letters Patent No. 747 ,981, granted December 29, 1903, upon the application of Hugh J. Kingsley, of Rutland, Vermont, for an improvement in Ice-Tools, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 46, page 2, the words of fire should read or fine; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Ofce.

Signed and sealed this 12th day of January, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents.

Correction in Letters Patent No. 747,981,

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent N o. 747,981, granted December 29, 1903, upon the application of Hugh J. Kingsley, of Rutland, Vermont, for an improvement in Ice-Tools, an error appears in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 46, page 2, the words of re should read or fine; and that the said Letters Patent should be read with this correction therein that the saine may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oce.

Signed and sealed this 12th day of' January, A. D., 1904.

[SEAL] F. I. ALLEN,

Commissioner of Patents. 

